In a historical review of locomotive engineers, Heritage Railway magazine highlights the career of Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid – who passed away 50 years ago.
Read moreHere’s what you didn’t know about Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid CBE

In a historical review of locomotive engineers, Heritage Railway magazine highlights the career of Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid – who passed away 50 years ago.
Read moreThe Railway Magazine Archive | April 1990 | Words: Chris Milner The year 1990 looks likely to be a vintage one for steam fans, with the return of several newly-refurbished big engines to the mainline.
Read moreA century ago this April, revolutionary politician Lenin embarked on a circuitous eight-day rail journey from Switzerland to Russia.
Read moreThe death of Sir Nigel Gresley at Hertford on April 5, deprived the railway mechanical engineering profession of one of its most distinguished personalities.
Read moreSitting in the shadow of Snowdon in North Wales, Cliff Thomas tells the story of Llanberis Lake Railway, whose foundations stem from a former slate quarry line. A check list of ingredients for a successful
Read moreApart from the underground trains on the Waterloo and City line, the Southern Region of British Railways has, until now, exclusively used hinged doors on its suburban trains…
Read moreThe 1930s were the golden age of the ‘Big Four’ railway companies, placing the country’s many diverse railway companies under government control.
Read moreThe life of the great communicator and railway historian supreme, George Dow, is recounted by Robert Humm.
Read more‘High-Speed 1’ has taken nine years and 50 million man-hours to build and is the first major new railway in Great Britain for more than a century…
Read moreThe retirement of Sir Allen Sarle in the course of the next few weeks means the disappearance of an old familiar face from the management of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
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